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TIL about the origins of the term “Grandfather Clause.” It was a loophole in voter suppression laws that allowed voters that otherwise didn’t qualify to vote if their Grandfather could

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6EZeW TIL Ivory Coast's Murielle Ahoure couldn’t find an Ivory Coast flag so she celebrated her 60m gold with Irish flag given to her by a spectator
aOQN TIL That the number of Voodoo Practitioners in New Orleans dropped 90% after Hurricane Katrina
KOm1G TIL about Henry Savery, a convict and Australia's first novelist. He was to be executed on April 22nd, 1825 in his native England for credit fraud amounting to £30K ( £2.3 million pounds today) Through influential friends this was commuted to transportation, only a day before his execution was due.
5MjP TIL that Wisconsin’s only pirate once got the crew of an entire ship drunk then proceeded to throw them all over board. He then took the ship to Chicago and sold all the cargo.
16lkV TIL the St Bernard in Beethoven 1 & 2 was named “Chris” and he retired to a farm when he got too old to act (also there are 8 Beethoven movies)